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Professor Robb Willer and the Golden Apple
The group of misfits I grew up with has turned out pretty well. One of them, Robb Willer was my debate partner for a while. He’s gone on to be a professor at Berkeley. Robb won the Golden Apple award...
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Better Berkeley Webcasts even better
Nate Whitten wrote in with a suggestion for Better Berkeley Webcasts. He wants to save all of the files to check them out later. He’s using a download manager like Down Them All 1, but Berkeley’s...
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Bringing Something to the Party
I just noticed that Paul Carr has released his new book, “Bringing Nothing to the Party: True Confessions of a New Media Whore” as a Creative Commons BY-NC licensed download for the US. And the, um,...
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My Best Books of 2009
I like to read. Here are the best books I read this year. Nonfiction Born On A Blue Day & Embracing the Wide Sky by Daniel Tammet Yes, it’s two books, but it’s really about the same subject. Daniel...
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Review: Makers by Cory Doctorow
I loved this book. Forget my review and go get it now, it’s wonderful. If you don’t have the scratch right now, that’s ok: Cory Doctorow walks the talk and has published his book under a creative...
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How to Safely Win an Impossible Book
When I heard that Charles Yu was giving away the mysterious “Book from Nowhere” from his novel I was terribly excited. The book is a McGuffin/plot point in Yu’s novel “How to Live Safely in a Science...
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A Poem about Proper Paperwork
Today is my birthday, and I’ve been overwhelmed with happy birthday wishes. I’m very fortunate and grateful. I’d like to give you a gift back. Here is a poem about the importance of filling out forms....
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Broken Road is an SEO optimized music video by Numbers and Letters
I’m gonna brag a little and say I knew Katie Hasty when. She’s rolled with the Old Dirty Barristers and she’s good peeps. I had to share her latest video because it has stepped hard on all my buttons....
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Wire & Plastic & Flashing Lights
How’d that video get made? Professor Kliq was a music student at the University of Chicago. He released a couple of albums under a Creative Commons license so that people could feel free to copy them...
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